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Very nicely done...
I confess that I have had a hard time taking Yale's Grand Strategy program seriously since I found, in the intro to Gaddis's _On Grand Strategy_, that among the "practitioners" of grand strategy he boasts of bringing... 1/
Very nicely done...
I confess that I have had a hard time taking Yale's Grand Strategy program seriously since I found, in the intro to Gaddis's _On Grand Strategy_, that among the "practitioners" of grand strategy he boasts of bringing... 1/
...into the program are... Peggy Noonan, and David Brooks.
As I had always understood it, tactics was "how do you win on the battlefield?"; operations was "how do you get your people to the battlefield?"; strategy was "how do you choose the right battlefield?"; & grand... 2.
As I had always understood it, tactics was "how do you win on the battlefield?"; operations was "how do you get your people to the battlefield?"; strategy was "how do you choose the right battlefield?"; & grand... 2.
...strategy was "step back: our goal is that the mayor of Strassburg speak German. Should this be our goal? And if it is, what is the best way to make that happen?".
Thus it would not have occurred to me to think that Henry Kissinger was a guy who had much to say about... 3/
Thus it would not have occurred to me to think that Henry Kissinger was a guy who had much to say about... 3/
...grand strategy.
On the other hand, if "grand strategy" is "how to flatter people like Peggy Noonan and David Brooks", I think Henry Kissinger has a great deal to say about that... 4/END
On the other hand, if "grand strategy" is "how to flatter people like Peggy Noonan and David Brooks", I think Henry Kissinger has a great deal to say about that... 4/END
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